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ARISTOLOCHIA CAUDATA. LiviID-FLOWERED 
- BirtTH-wort. 
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Class _and Order. 
GyNANDRIA HEXANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—AnrtsToLocHIEz. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Corolla 1-petala, ligulata, basi ventricosa. Capsula 6- 
locularis, polysperma, infera. 
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Specific Character and Synonym. 
AristoLocuiA caudata; caule volubili, foliis inferioribus re- 
niformibus triangularibus v. leviter trilobis, superi- 
 oribus tripartitis laciniis apice angustatis, calycibus 
cylindraceis infractis basi ventricosis sexcalcaratis, 
labio cordato cuspidato lamina tubo multo breviore 
cuspide filiformi torto calyce multoties longiore. Lindl. 
Arisrotocuta caudata. Booth, in Bot. Reg. t. 1453. 
From the hot-house at Woburn Abbey, where this plant 
flowered in high perfection in May, 1839. It is a native of 
Brazil, and was first raised in the garden of Sir Caartes 
Lemon, at Carclew, Cornwall, by Mr. Boorn, from seeds 
received from Lieut. Wrient, of H. M. Packet-ship, Hope. 
The extraordinary length of the tail and the smaller upper 
lip in relation to the tube of the corolla, will distinguish 
this from the A. trilobata, L., figured in the Botanical 
Register, t. 1399. 
Descr. Perennial, climbing. Leaves cordate, through- 
out the greater part of the plant, deeply three-lobed, almost 
three-partite, the lobes oval-oblong, obtuse: petioles an ~ 
inch and a half to two inches long, rounded. Stipules large, 
somewhat cordate, acute, wavy. Petioles from the axils of 
the 
